ফেচুলুকা
ফেচুলুকা (, বৈজ্ঞানিক নাম-Pycnonotus cafer) এবিধ মজলীয়া আকাৰৰ চৰাইৰ প্ৰজাতি। ইয়াক ভাৰত উপমহাদেশৰ শ্ৰীলংকাৰ পৰা তিব্বতলৈকে স্থানীয়ভাৱে দেখা পোৱা যায়।

টেক্স'নমি

The Red-vented Bulbul was originally described by Linnaeus in 1766. Several populations of this widespread species have been named as subspecies (or races). The nominate race is found in southern India. The type locality of Puducherry was designated by Erwin Stresemann.

বিৱৰণ

The Red-vented Bulbul is easily identified by its short crest giving the head a squarish appearance. The body is dark brown with a scaly pattern while the head is darker or black. The rump is white while the vent is red. The black tail is tipped in white. The Himalayan races have a more prominent crest and are more streaked on the underside.

বিতৰণ
In its native range it is rarely found in mature forests. A study based on 54 localities in India concluded that vegetation is the single most important factor that determines the distribution of the species.

It has been introduced into Hawaii, Fiji and New Zealand.

বাসস্থান
This is a bird of dry scrub, open forest, plains and cultivated lands. They were introduced to Samoa in 1943 and became common on Upolu by 1957. Red-vented Bulbuls were introduced to Fiji around 1903 by indentured labourers from India.

আচৰণ

খাদ্য
Red-vented bulbuls feed on fruits, petals of flowers, nectar, insects and occasionally geckos.

প্ৰজনন
Red-vented bulbuls build their nests in bushes at a height of around 2–3 m (7–10 ft; two or three eggs is a typical clutch. Nests are occasionally built inside houses or in a hole in a mud bank. 

They breed from June to September. The eggs are pale-pinkish with spots of darker red more dense at the broad end. They are capable of having multiple clutches in a year. Nests are small flat cups made of small twigs but sometimes making use of metal wires. The eggs hatch after about 14 days. Both parents feed the chicks and on feeding trips wait for the young to excrete, swallowing the faecal sacs produced. The Pied Crested Cuckoo is a brood parasite of this species.

তথ্যসূত্ৰ

লগতে চাওক

 Bellary, Sadananda A; Desai,RN (2000) Unusual nesting activity of the Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer: two peculiar features. Newsletter for Birdwatchers 40(6):83–84.
 Chowdhury, SR; Bhattacharyya, SP (1989) Circannual variation in the alveolar histodynamics and secretory activity of the uropygial gland of the male Redvented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer (Linnaeus). Pavo 27(1&2), 5–14.
 Dasgupta, P; Bhattacharyya, SP (1988) Circannual changes in the testicular activity of the Redvented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer (Linnaeus). Pavo 26(1&2):37–48.
 Deignan,HG (1949) Races of Pycnonotus cafer (Linnaeus) and P. aurigaster (Vieillot) in the Indo-Chinese subregion. J. Washington Acad. Sci. 39(8):273–279.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Vijayan, VS (1975) Ecological isolation of bulbuls (Family Pycnonotidae, Class Aves) with special reference to Pycnonotus cafer cafer (Linn.) and Pycnonotus luteolus luteolus (Lesson) at Point Calimere, Tamil Nadu. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Bombay, Bombay.

বাহ্যিক সংযোগ

 Red-vented Bulbul videos, photos & sounds on the Internet Bird Collection
 Type for Molpastes cafer after
 Invasive species database
 New Zealand alert 
 Hawaii 

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